Quiltlines Volume 29, Issue 09, September 2019

Colorado West Quilters Guild, Inc. Post Office Box 393

Grand Junction, CO 81502-0393 www.coloradowestquiltersguild.com

President: Marsha Root 1

st VP: Bonnie Huisjen

2nd

VP: Brenda Bloemke, Bea Root, and Annie Wall

Programs: Jerri DeBoer and Betty Reed

Secretary: Beverly Cormier

Treasurer: Katie Miller

President’s Corner

Marsha Root

Dearest Quilters,

Steve and I are in Sandy, Oregon, where we

grew up. The weather is perfect with a lovely

breeze. We have been in Wyoming and

Yellowstone. Missing all of you!

I know everyone enjoyed Shawnee Barnes and

her fabulous quilts. Cannot believe she hasn’t been

quilting for decades.

I am looking forward to our silent auction and

mini year sale in September. Ladies, call Betty or

Jerri to reserve your table!

See you soon, if I can ever leave Oregon … Marsh

September Birthdays!

Valerie Rutter 4 Eddy Davis 6 Gini Bright 7 Karen Woodard 10 Mary Hussman 13 Erin Ryden 14 Mary Kalenian 18 Katie Miller 26

Calendar of Events

2019 Calendar of Events

September 11: CWQG Meeting: Birthday Bash (30

Years!) and Silent Auction

September 12-14: Garden of Quilts, Ashton Gardens

Lehi, Utah, at Thanksgiving Point

September 21-22: Higher Ground Fair 2019 Quilt Show

September 25: QC Work Day at Judy Moeny’s

September 26-28: Quilt-A-Fair, Longmont Fairgrounds

October 9: CWQG Meeting: Speaker, Marguerita

McManus, Quilt as You Go

October 10: Marguerita McManus Workshop

October 23: QC Work Day at Judy Moeny’s

November 13: CWQG Meeting: Speaker, Jenny Kaye

Parks – Tales from Behind the Cutting Table.

November 14: Workshop – Jenny Kaye Parks -

Dangerous Curves Piecing.

November 27: QC Work Day at Judy Moeny’s

December 7: Winter Barnes & Noble Book Fair

December 11: CWQG Meeting: Annual Christmas

Party and Pot Luck

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Monthly Sales Kathy Rhoades

For September we will suspend our regular monthly

sales of books, magazines, or fabrics to let everyone give

their full attention to our 30th Anniversary Birthday

Bash and Silent Auction. Thirty Years!

As a founding member of the guild, it makes me

proud that this once small gathering of dedicated quilters

has been able to succeed and grow into the warm,

vibrant, inclusive group it is today. As we said in our

original statement of purpose, our goal was to promote,

encourage, and share the art of quilting, and I think

we’ve all done that wonderfully well! Few of the

original members are still around to witness their

achievements, but it’s nice to know their dedication and

camaraderie, their legacy, still lives on.

Happy Birthday, Colorado West Quilters’ Guild!

Kathy Rhoades

Quilted Comforts Janet Smith

At the August meeting, we received 9 quilts, 1 top,

and 32 doll quilts. We really appreciate the donations

from all our members, as all benefit the charities we

serve.

This month 5 quilts were delivered to the Western

Slope Center for Children and 4 to the Pregnancy

Center. Our charity organizations are truly grateful for

our donations, as our quilts help provide comfort and

healing for their clients.

WOW ladies, you have responded to our request to

complete the quilting kits so that we can distribute the

finished quilts to our charities. At this point, all but a

few of the quilting kits have been taken to be finished.

THANKS!

Therefore, we now need completed tops to be made

so we can make up more quilting kits. We have

approximately 200 piecing kits, and we would like to

encourage all of you to join in this effort and pick up one

of these kits. If everyone took a top piecing kit to

complete this summer, we would be able to renew our

inventory. All piecing kits have a pattern, and all pieces

are cut. You just have to sew it together.

The quilted comforts committee has divided up the

duties so that each of us has a small portion of the job.

You may contact Judy Moeny, Janet Smith, or Terry

Tusberg for more information.

We will not have another workday until September,

but you are welcome to contact one of us during the

summer for your quilted comforts needs.

Programs Betty Reed

September is our CWQG Birthday month! Yes,

there will be cake. Ice cream too!

Come and help celebrate our guild and all the

members who have contributed to its success for 29

years.

September is also Silent Auction month! Now is the

time to gather up all those things in your sewing/craft

space that you’re not using and donate them to the

auction. Quilts, kits, fabric, books,

patterns, notions, rulers, yarn,

buttons, knitting and crochet

items, scrap booking, craft and art

supplies, totes, baskets, bring it

all! Help make this our most

successful auction. Your

participation helps ensure that we

continue to have the quality programs that we enjoy so

much. Bid cards will be available for you to label your

items. Bids will be in $1.00 increments.

In addition to the auction, the round tables will be

available for members to rent for the evening to sell

items that they don’t want to donate, but that they no

longer want, like a sewing machine. You set your prices,

collect your money and keep the $$ from the treasures

you sell. Items do not need to be quilt related. Table rent

is $10.00. There are only nine round tables. Contact Jerri

if you’re interested. 970-261-0220.

Please take unsold items home at the end of the

evening. Come for a fun time!

In October, we will welcome Marguerita McManus

as our guest speaker and instructor.

Marguerita’s lecture and trunk

show is entitled “Quilt as You Go -

a Progression of Techniques.” In

Thursday’s class, participants will

make a small crazy patch quilt

using the decorative stitches on

their machines. Marguerita will

also demonstrate tips

and tricks for joining

the blocks and

finishing the quilt.

The CWQG slots are

filled, but SSQ has

space available. Please

contact Debbie Wolfe,

307-389-9267 to

register. The cost is

$40.00 and includes

lunch. Another fun class! Don’t miss out!

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Colorado West Quilters Guild

Minutes of the Board Meeting

August 8, 2019

The meeting was called to order by Marsha Root at

6:02 PM. The minutes in the newsletter were approved

with no additions or corrections.

Treasurer, Katie Miller, reported she has gone to the

Department of Revenue three times to correct payment

of sales taxes for special events in 2016 and 2017.

Reports have to be filed even if we had a zero balance in

our account, and we don’t have a zero balance. Katie

will take care of the Apple Fest accounting; we have a

booth. We are current with our Federal tax (990-N)

form.

Committee Reports:

1st Vice President: Bonnie Huisjen reported that

Color Sunday is September 29, 10am to 3pm, and set up

starts at 8:00. Janet Smith, Verda, and Judy Moeny are

working at the booth and need to be sure to collect our

quilted items, tables, and chairs from Chris. Jerri said

we need to rent a storage unit so that no one has to store

items in their home, and quilters working at venues can

go get items when they are needed. We need to

purchase some lightweight, foldable tables and chairs.

Whoever works venues needs to be able to lift, carry,

and haul these items. Bonnie suggested we ask the guild

to help with pricing and storing items. Gig suggested we

assign tasks, such as picking up tables, chairs, canopy,

and items to sell. Bonnie will talk to Janet, Verda, and

Judy about the Color Sunday tasks. Katie will be out of

town for two weeks in September and will bring cash

and the cashbox to the September guild meeting. We

need an IPad and a square for processing credit card

purchases at venues. Sheila will put the app on her IPad.

2nd

VP Membership report: 79 members, 52 have

paid their dues. We need to reach out to those who have

not paid their dues so that we can print a complete roster.

3rd

VP Programs Jerri DeBoer and Betty Reed: Shawnee Barnes from Rifle will present our program.

She will drive back that evening so we will have the

program before the business meeting. Are Brenda and

Sharon going to be in charge of the Challenge? We

should introduce the challenge in December and reveal

in April.

The Silent Auction will be in September. Bonnie

said The Daily Sentinel will be glad to publish

information about our guild in the paper.

New Business: The board discussed a fair price to

let quilters rent a table for the silent auction in

September. It was decided that the round tables will be

rented out to members for a $10 or $20 fee with the

member then retaining any profits. The long tables will

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be reserved for the guild items. Sewing and craft items

should be sold at the silent auction. We will have a sign

up for renting tables at the August meeting.

The board agreed that the dates of SSQ’s

Rendezvous will be put in the newsletter. SSQ is having

a yard sale this Wednesday. In October, Margarita

McManus will present a program and workshop: “Quilt

as You Go.” Bonnie will help SSQ with pincushions for

the CQC meeting. The workshop for CQC will be

“Fractured Florals” and will be held at The Owl’s Nest

on August 25.

Submitted by: Beverly Cormier, Secretary

Colorado West Quilters Guild

Minutes of the General Meeting

August 14, 2019

The meeting called to order by Marsha Root at 7:00

pm

Marsha announced that at the Silent Auction

scheduled for next month, quilters are encouraged to

bring sewing related items to donate to the guild to sell

for this fundraiser. Quilters can also rent round tables

from the guild for the low price of $10.00 apiece, to sell

their own items that they do not want to donate to the

guild. There will not be an additional charge for items

sold by individual quilters who have rented a table.

Unsold items must be taken home. Please bring money

and be prepared to buy items.

Betty and Jerri presented the program at 7:03.

Shawnee Barnes from Parachute presented a lovely trunk

show. Shawnee mentioned that Glide thread is good for

her long arm machine. She mentioned that cotton thread

creates too much lint.

Gini Bright is our member of the month. (Note from

Beverly: Please stop calling Gini an over achiever. She

is generous and produces beautiful work)

Marsha called the business meeting to order at 7:45.

Minutes in the newsletter were approved with no

additions or corrections.

The treasurer’s report in the newsletter was

approved as printed in the newsletter. We want to thank

Katie Miller for jumping through hoops to settle our

taxes. We are now ready for Color Sunday and

Applefest. The report is filed for audit.

Committee Reports:

2nd

VP Membership: Last year we had 79

members, this year, 52 have paid their dues. We may

reach out to those who have not paid their dues so that

we can print a complete roster. We have one new

member tonight, Laura Craig.

3rd

VP of Programs: Betty Reed and Jerri DeBoer

mentioned Bonnie is collecting pin cushions for the

CQC meeting on Saturday, August 24, at the American

Lutheran Church, 631 26 Road. The instructor will be

Sue Hickman who will lecture on “The making of a quilt

artist.” Her workshop, “Fractured Floral,” is on Sunday

the 25th

at the Owl’s Nest. Quilters must be members of

CQC to take the class and can join at the CQC meeting.

Betty mentioned that next month is our 29th birthday

party. Sign-ups were available for the Marguerita

McManus workshop, “Quilt asYou Go with Crazy

Quilts.”

Newsletter: Kathy Lisco and Sheila Symanski need

our articles by the 20th.

Veteran’s Quilts: Gina Gust showed the

membership eleven beautiful donated quilts. We will

display them at Color Sunday and Applefest before they

are donated to veterans.

Quilted Comforts: The guild received thank you

notes from Strive and The Pregnancy Center. They were

read at the meeting. Quilted Comforts will not have a

work day until September 25.

Kathy Rhodes’ Books, Fabrics, and Magazines made

$77 tonight.

Block of the Month: 40 blocks were turned in.

Two tickets were drawn. Winners of 20 blocks apiece

were Pat and Thelma.

Retreats: Bonnie and Gina announced the next

retreat is November 1, 2 and 3 at the Grand Vista Hotel.

The retreat room will be open at 10:00 a.m. Friday and

will go until Sunday afternoon at 4:00 pm. The cost for

three days is $90. Members must make their own

arrangements with the Grand Vista for room reservations

and should mention the CWQG for a discount. Each

night the conference room will be open as long as

quilters want to sew with the exception of Sunday night.

Workshop attendees are encouraged to make and bring a

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home-made item to donate for door prizes. The makers

may be anonymous. The retreats are always a lot of fun.

Quilters are encouraged to bring unfinished objects

(UFO’s) to work on. There will not be a program at the

retreat.

The Barnes and Noble book fair is scheduled for the

first Saturday in December. Jenni has bookmarks to give

away and enough fuzzy yarn for the bookmarks. Shifts at

the Book Fair will be three hours and Jenni Stansbury

has a sign-up sheet for members who want to volunteer.

Jenni mentioned quilts to be donated to the

Woman’s Recovery Center. There are no specific limits

on the quilts to be donated to the Women’s Recovery

Center. They can have bindings. There is no size limit

but 40 X 40 is a nice size.

Quilt-a-Fair will be in Longmont on September 27

and 28.

PEO Quilts in the Country Quilt Show will be in

Meeker September 6 and 7, which is the same weekend

as the Sheep Dog trials.

The business meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm.

We had Show and Tell.

Submitted by Beverly Cormier, Secretary

Sponsor Advertising Still only $40.00 a year!

Sponsor advertising for one year in the CWQG Newsletter January-December 2019 is $40.00. The following information plus payment may be brought to a guild meeting or sent to CWQG at PO Box 393 81502. Checks made out to CWQG. Sponsor advertising is half price from July to January. Include your name, mailing address, phone number, and email (if you want to receive a copy of the newsletter). Email addresses are not shared.

Block of the Month

Lucina Harcourt and Jenni Stansberry

September Block – Threaded Spool

We’re looking forward to seeing a table full of threaded

spools at the September meeting!

A table full of pretty posies

Forty blocks were turned in at the August meeting!

Aren't they sweet! Congratulations to Pat and Thelma

who each took home twenty blocks! Can't wait to see

your finished quilts.

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Board Positions June 2019 – May 2020

President - Marsha Root 970-773-4572

1st VP – Bonnie Huisjen 970-216-9042

2nd VP – Membership – Brenda Bloemke, 303-548-6583

Annie Wall, 518-461-4693, and Bea Root 970-640-7020

3rd VP Program - Jerri DeBoer 970-261-0220 and Betty

Reed 970-846-6198

Secretary – Beverly Cormier 970-216-8167

Treasurer – Katie Miller 720-810-0318

Games Master Chairman- Vacant

Board Members at Large- Gina Gust 970-683-9121, Gig Yett

907-299-4831, and Terry Tusberg 970-242-5015

Committee Chairs

Barnes & Noble Book Fair and Transitions for West

Springs Patients – Jenni Stansberry 970-640-5020

Birthday Basket – Thelma Stumbaugh, 970-242-7867

Block of the Month – Jenni Stansberry 970-640-5020 and

Lucina Harcourt 970-241-6879

Quilted Comforts – Judy Moeny 970-245-2522, Janet Smith,

970- 245-2019 and Terry Tusberg 970-242-5015

Veterans Quilts – Gina Gust 970-683-9121

Challenge Quilt – Brenda Bloemke 303-548-6583 and

Sharon Samuel 970-250-6826

Fabric/Magazine/Book Sales – Kathy Rhoades

970-241-2773 and Linda Rose 970-243-1318

Webmaster - Kathy Lisco-970-434-5577

Newsletter and Advertising – Kathy Lisco 970-434-5577 and

Sheila Symanski 970-216-5872

CWQG Membership Information

The CWQG membership year runs from June to May, and annual Dues are $37. Guests are invited to attend a meeting for a nominal fee of $5 or $10 when the guest speaker is a nationally recognized speaker. Name: __________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________ City, State, Zip:___________________________________ Phone(s): _______________________________________ Birthday (month and day only): _______________________ E-mail: __________________________________________ This form information, along with $37, may be brought to a guild meeting or sent to: CWQG PO Box 393, Grand Junction,

CO 81502. (January to May dues $20 for new members only)